These can be full of colourful plants like meadow thistle, devil's-bit scabious, and heath spotted orchid which grow in among the purple moor-grass and rushes.
www.telegraph.co.uk Damp, herb rich areas have uncommon plants characteristic of old meadows such as great burnet, sneezewort and devil's bit scabious.
en.wikipedia.org Glossy yellow trollius hovered above fragrant orchids, clovers, campanulas, hardy geraniums, oxeye daisies, viper's bugloss, ajugas, scabious, thyme, thistles, hyssop, salvias and dianthus (to name but a few).
www.telegraph.co.uk A snowdrift will crush developing young poppies and scabious.
www.ft.com Motorists can't very well pull up dead and start tiptoeing through the knapweed and scabious that are looking so good just now.
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